Female Young University Students and Social Networks: Spaces for Participation and Human Rights Expression

Abstract

This article presents statements from female young university students who joined digital communities; they describe topics, interests and benefits obtained through their interaction to digital environments, which they have appropriated, like Wattpad, Telegram and Instagram. The theoretical view of daily life by Alfred Schutz was used for the description of this group, especially the social participation they have on social digital networks. Interviews in two phases to students from the southeast and northeast of Mexico were made. The results obtained allow for understanding the sense and use that these students give to the communities they have built and have been joined on social networks, as a place where they can participate and express themselves without been forced, as it has occurred to them in previous academic paths.